The End of the World

No - not as in catastrophic disaster - but geographically, the end of the world.  Our ship was at the arrow, and you can see we're pretty darn close to the Antarctic.  We also were in a spot where 3 oceans meet - the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern.  A very cool and unique experience.

So this is it.  There is no land any further south than Cape Horn, except for the Antarctic continent of course.  Originally the explorers thought it was solid land out here.  They couldn't get their boats around to check it out because the water was so rough.  But eventually they discovered Cape Horn is an island.

And here it is, close up.

The captain of our ship said he could count on one hand the number of times he's seen the sea this calm here.  It doesn't happen very often.  With the merger of the 3 seas, it can be VERY rough.  He's been here in 30-foot waves so has not been able to get very close to the Cape.  Yikes!

So he said since it was so calm, he would take a different passage up to Ushuaia, through some islands he wouldn't normally go.  (Hope he's not like the captain of the Costa Concordia!)

This is out of a window on the ship.  There was moisture on the outside of the window, but it was still a nice picture.  The sun was setting, but it doesn't go down until almost 10 pm.

After dinner tonight, Gerard decided instead of having dessert, we should go down to the Champagne Bar and have a chocolate martini.  Perfect!

After the martini (for me it was during the martini), we went to see the show at the auditorium.  Tonight it was Cripton and Renata.  They're an illusion/mentalist duo.  Pretty entertaining.

We have seen some really great shows here.  The talent of the main band, singers and dancers is quite amazing.  The night before was a rock show.  Great tunes of the 70s, mostly.  The night before that was a tenor who was absolutely terrific - and the main band backed him up.  Again, terrific show.

So this morning, we docked at Ushuaia, Argentina - the last city at the end of the world.  Now I'm caught up!